How about the emotional aspect of the whole thing?
16. You have to listen to your child say "Daddy" for the first time but it's over the phone
17. You have to listen to your wife screaming with joy on the phone as your child takes those first few stumbling steps when you are at a off-base home.
So many reasons why NOT to be an airline pilot..... but then again... would any of us actually do anything different if we were given the chance to start over?
I think NOT
